Journal: Journal of Cancer
Article Title: BRD7 Stabilizes P53 via Dephosphorylation of MDM2 to Inhibit Tumor Growth in Breast Cancer Harboring Wild-type P53
doi: 10.7150/jca.67447
Figure Lengend Snippet: Bromodomain of BRD7 is required for interaction of p53 and MDM2 as well as stabilization of p53. (A) Western blot analysis for BRD7, p53, phosphorylated AKT, total AKT (t-AKT), and phosphorylated MDM2 (pMDM2) in MCF-7 cells transfected with empty vector or WT BRD7 expressed plasmid in the existence of AKT activator SC79. (B) Western blot analysis for BRD7, p53, phosphorylated AKT, total AKT (t-AKT), phosphorylated MDM2 (pMDM2) and total MDM2 (tMDM2) in MCF-7 cells transfected with empty vector or WT BRD7, or BRD7 ∆brd expressed plasmids. brd, bromodomain. (C) The interaction between p53 and pMDM2, or tMDM2 in MCF-7 cells transfected with empty vector or WT BRD7, or BRD7∆brd expressed plasmid. IP, immunoprecipitation; IB, immunoblotting. (D) Overexpression of WT BRD7 but not BRD7∆brd inhibited the ubiquitination of p53 in MCF-7 cells. Cells were transfected with plasmid vector or WT BRD7, or BRD7∆brd expressed plasmid. Cell lysates were immunoprecipitated with the p53 antibody and then immunoblotted with the ubiquitin antibody.
Article Snippet: Following incubation in 5% nonfat milk for 2 h, the membrane was then incubated with primary antibody (polyclonal rabbit anti-BRD7 (1:500 dilution), anti-Bcl-2 (1:500 dilution), anti-β-Tubulin (1:500 dilution), and anti-Bax (1:500 dilution) from Proteintech, Wuhan, China; polyclone rabbit anti-p53 (1:500 dilution), anti-pMDM2 (1:1000 dilution), anti-total-PARP (1:1000 dilution), anti-c-PARP (1:500 dilution), anti-AKT (1:1000 dilution), anti-pAKT (1:1000 dilution), anti-Bak (1:1000 dilution), anti-Flag (1:1000 dilution), and anti-p21 (1:1000 dilution) from Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, MA; monoclonal rabbit anti-total-MDM2 (1:1000 dilution) from Abcam, Cambridge, UK, and polyclonal rabbit anti-cyclin D1 (1:1000 dilution) and monoclonal mouse anti-GAPDH (1:3000 dilution) from Santa Cruz, Dallas, Texas, USA overnight at 4 °C.
Techniques: Western Blot, Transfection, Plasmid Preparation, Immunoprecipitation, Over Expression